Hand bag



M. NOVER Nov. 12, 1929.

HAND BAG Filed July 5 INVENTOR M07776 Myer ATTORNEYS I ,20 line 5 ofFig. 3.

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and rear walls 1 and 2 and the flap 6. The

The main object. of the present invention is to rovide an improvedhandbag deslgned to e ectually prevent loss of articles there from whenit is closed and adapted to be 5 freely opened and expanded to themaximum extent without injuriously straining or distorting any parts ofits structure.

Other objects of the inventionwill appear hereinafter.

In'the drawing; p Fig. 1 is a persgective view'of the handbag showing itopens and fully expanded;

Fig. 2 a front elevation of the opened bag; Fig. 3 a vertical sectionupon a larger scale taken on the line;3'3of Fig. 5 showing the bagclosed;

Fig. 4 a fragmenta side view of the upper portion of the closed ag; and1 Fig. 5 a v horizontal section taken The hand bag is of the envelopetype and its structure includes a 'front wall 1 and a rearv wall 2 foldably connected together along.

their lower edges as at 3. Connected to the rear wall 2 along the upperedge 4' thereof is a freely foldable hinge portion 50f elongatedrectangular area; This hinge portion is formed to entirely cover themouth of the pocket space between the walls 1 and 2 when the bag isclosed. A flap 6-:isv foldably connected to the hinge portion along theforward edge 7 of the latter and is adapted to overlie the front wall 1when the bag is closed. The flap and the front and rear walls areallrectangular in form and of substantially the same size; Preferablythey are formed in the usual manner by a single continuous sheet 8 ofleather or other suitable material. This sheet edges of the. sheet beingfoldedinwardly and stitched to the lining in the usual manner.

Interposed between the facing sheet 8,and

the lining 9 are relatively thick filling sheets 10 of any suitablematerial. The sheets 10 ex- 59 tend respectively over the areas of thefront on the gussets 12 each'formed with a facing 13 and filler sheet ofthe rear wall 2'terminatesat the upper edge 4 of the rear wall and thesheet within the flap 6 terminates at the for-,

ward edge of the hinge ortion 5. This filling material gives a desirebody and stiffness to.

the front and rear walls and to the flap. It is omitted from the area ofthe hinge portion between the lines 4 and 7 to render said or? tion moreflexible than the walls and the ap. If desired one or more thin sheetsof suitable material 11 may also be included between the facing andlining sheets and this material may beextended over the area of thehinge portion also togive the latter adesired body orthickness withoutmaterially reducing its flexibility. v

The oplposite sides of the space between the front'an rear walls of thebag are defined by a lining 14 similar to those of the remainder ofthebag. The forward edges of the gussets extend a edges of the to.

the entire length of the side The rear edges of the gussets extend ontwall and are stitched there-- along the entire length of the side edgesof the rear wall 2 and" also along the length of edges of the gussetsterminate substantially at the forward edge line 7 of the hinge portion.The gussets are so formed that when the bag tend in substantiallystraight lines from the the side edges of the hinge portion 5 and arestitched to both. The upper ends of said rear I is. opened and fullyexpanded, as shown in Fig. 1, their upper edges 15 will exupper edge ofthe wall 1,to the forward edge line 7 of the hinge portion 5.

Within-the bag is a partition 16 which extends entirelyacross the widthof the interior and is secured at its ends to'the rear wall 2.Thispartition definesapocket attheinner face (if said wall. Secured tothe forward face of t e terior space of the bag. A smaller pocket isformed upon the inner face of the front wall 1 b a sheet of material18stitched to said wall.

pen the outer face of, the rear wall 2 is se--' cured a diagonallyarranged handstrap-19 partition 16 is 'a-"purse '17 the width of c ismaterially less than'that of the infastenings '20 are provided upon theflap adjacent the free end thereof and upon the front wall 1 to hold theflap closed. a

Each of the gussets 12 is creased to fold on a plurality oflines. Inthis manner the folded thickness of the gussets, when the bag is closed,is rendered substantially equal to the thickness of the purse 17. Thegusset folds extend inwardly to points closely adjacent the sides of theurse and fill the marginal spaces between t e purse and the side edgesof the walls as indicated in Fi 5. When the bag is closed the rearmostfol of each gusset is. disposed against the partition 16 and against thehinge ortion 5 and the upper extended portion 0 the gusset is foldedwith the hinge portion to extend entirely across the mouth of the bag atthe marginal ends thereof as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This of theextended ends of the gussets effectually seals'therearmost pocket of thebag. The said endsalso extend across'the remaining folds of the gussetsat the edges of the purse and cooperate with said folds to prevent thecontents of the forward pockets from escaping between the gussets andthe hinge portion.

In opening a hand bag of this type it is customar and n'aturalto graspthe u per end of the ront wall and the free end 0 the fla and pull themin opposite directions to fu y expand the bag,.as shown inv Fig. 1. Inthe present bag the design of the gussets and their manner of attachmentpermits the ba to be expanded in this manner freely, fu y and safely.The raising of the flap to the position shown in Fig. 2 swings back thehinge portion 5 and the upper'ends of the gussets to"'uncov,er the mouthof thebag. When the flap and the front wall of the ba are pulled inopposite directions, to expan the bag the hinge portion 5, owing to theattachment of the gussets to it, swings back in the same plane. with therear wall 2 as thou h both were a single leaf. A straight pull istransmitted through the gussets, from the upper edge of the front wall 1to the forward orupper edge 7 of the hinge ortion 5. This straightpull'completely strai tens out the gus'sets so that they offer no 0struction at"the mouth of the ba The termination edges of the gusset, wi

of the gussets at the'fo d line 7 leaves'the flap free'to swing straightback at this line in thejdirection of said "pull, to a positionsubstantially within the plane of the upper t out straining ordistorting the gussets or tearing. open their stitching.

What I claim is: i In, ahand bag of wallet form including a air ofsubstantially co-extensive and relatively stifi front and rear leavesfoldably connected together along their lower edges and a relativelystiff flap .to foldover the front leaf, a freely flexible hinge andclosure ortion foldably connecting to ether the rear eaf and the flaclear across t e bag; and a pair of'inward y folding and downwardly.

tapering side gussets havin substantially straight upper edges, straig tfront edges stitched to the front leaf, and straight rear edges longerthan the frontedges extending along substantially the side length of therear leaf and hinge portion combined, stitched to both and terminating,with their stitching, at points closely adjacent to the flap, wherebythe upper rear corners of the gussets will fold inwardly against thehinge portion and forwardly therewith to closed position, and when thebag is spread open the hinge portion will lie in the plane of the rearleaf and the flap may be swung signature.

' 1 MORRIS NOVER.

